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Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Jacob Sullum	Cigarette Gag: Smokes and speech In April a bill was passed that includes a provision barring manufacturers from making any statement directed to consumers through the media that would reasonably be expected to result in consumers believing that the product is regulated and endorsed by the FDA
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Brian Doherty	Weed Control: Feds make bad dealers Marijuana research in the United States is dominated by a lone, big-muscled monopolist: the federal government.
Reason Aug/Sep 2009	Judge Dred In Dred Scott's Revenge, Judge Andrew Napolitano explains how government radically restricted the rights of black Americans.
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Radley Balko	Just Compensation?: Testing the Takings Clause The Takings Clause in the Fifth Amendment forbids the state from seizing private property for public use without just compensation.
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Brian Doherty	So Long, Surplus: Social Security unstimulated The "Social Security surplus" has vanished. That figure has long referred to the amount in Social Security taxes collected over and above the amount the system pays out that year.
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Jeff Winkler	Horse Thieves: Seizing the Preakness Maryland has passed emergency legislation authorizing the state to seize both the Preakness race and the Pimlico Race Course to prevent the event from leaving the state.
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Sam Staley	Parking Pass: Privatization gone wrong Senate Bill 518, introduced into the California General Assembly on February 26, would "require that state funds not be used, directly or indirectly, to subsidize parking services" after January 1, 2011. Yet a closer look reveals something more sinister.
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Jacob Sullum	Love for Hate Crime Laws Enhancing penalties for crimes when they are motivated by bigotry punishes what people say, think, and believe, in violation of the First Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously disagreed.
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Brian Doherty	Taxing the Net: Sales Tax Cartel As e-commerce grows and state revenue shrinks, states are finding the Internet an irresistible target.
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Jeff Winkler	Diy Park Repairs: Community Organizing After floods ruined facilities at the Polihale State Park in Hawaii this past December, residents and business owners waited for help from the state. But residents couldn't wait for the state to do the job.
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